Liz Tay

Liz Tay is a journalist from Sydney, Australia. With a background in physics, she is most interested in stories about scientific or technological R&D.

A long-time technology enthusiast, Tay joined the IT journalism industry in June 2006. She has been writing for iTnews in various roles since late 2007, and currently reports on all things business IT for iTnews, CRN, and SC Magazine.

Besides shiny gadgets and reporting, she is a fan of loud music and harbours an insatiable love for travel.

Recent articles by Liz Tay

David Jones boosts IT budget after profit drop

David Jones boosts IT budget after profit drop

'Omni-channel' staff count grows to 200.
Liz Tay Mar 21 2012 5:00PM Financial Services
Reserve Bank to monitor bank glitches

Reserve Bank to monitor bank glitches

Proposes formal outage reporting regime.
Liz Tay Mar 20 2012 3:54PM Networking
Conroy opens undergrad pen test competition

Conroy opens undergrad pen test competition

Seeks to entice with Black Hat conference ticket.
Liz Tay Mar 20 2012 8:48AM Security
Conroy unveils undergraduate hacking challenge

Conroy unveils undergraduate hacking challenge

Seeks to entice with Black Hat conference prize.
Liz Tay Mar 19 2012 12:35PM Security
Zurich Australia touts 'experience-oriented' architecture

Zurich Australia touts 'experience-oriented' architecture

Insurer looks to invest in big data analytics.
Liz Tay Mar 19 2012 7:00AM Strategy
NBN Co builds out disruption management ability

NBN Co builds out disruption management ability

Construction, operational fault investigation systems revealed.
James Hutchinson , Liz Tay Mar 16 2012 11:09AM Telco/ISP
Lessons from Allianz's insurance platform upgrade

Lessons from Allianz's insurance platform upgrade

Two-year project sheds over-time, over-budget concerns.
Liz Tay Mar 15 2012 3:35PM Strategy
HBF upgrades IT infrastructure for virtual desktop rollout

HBF upgrades IT infrastructure for virtual desktop rollout

Upgrades data centre, disaster recovery and network links.
Liz Tay Mar 15 2012 7:36AM Strategy
Bendigo Bank restructure slashes IT project failures

Bendigo Bank restructure slashes IT project failures

Former CIO becomes executive of change.
Liz Tay Mar 14 2012 7:41AM Strategy
SKA panel decides against Aussie bid: reports

SKA panel decides against Aussie bid: reports

Bid to host $2 billion radioastronomy project reportedly falters.
Liz Tay Mar 12 2012 7:00AM Financial Services
Medibank tackles mobile app security

Medibank tackles mobile app security

Builds native iOS, Android apps based on business demand.
Liz Tay Mar 9 2012 7:00AM Security
Bendigo Bank mandates daily desktop shutdown

Bendigo Bank mandates daily desktop shutdown

Cuts power bill by $41,000 in four months.
Liz Tay Mar 8 2012 12:30PM Strategy
IBM targets financial firms with commercial Watson

IBM targets financial firms with commercial Watson

Jeopardy-winning platform offered as cloud-based service.
Liz Tay Mar 8 2012 7:01AM Strategy
IBM touts pragmatic cloud

IBM touts pragmatic cloud

Continuous improvement is 'consistently boring'.
Liz Tay Mar 6 2012 1:17PM Networking
NSW agencies fall short on disaster recovery

NSW agencies fall short on disaster recovery

Auditor-General concerned.
Liz Tay Mar 1 2012 6:57AM Strategy
Health CIO pushes for system consolidation

Health CIO pushes for system consolidation

Pools application and data silos for a department-wide view.
Liz Tay Feb 29 2012 3:00PM Software
Commbank suffers ten-hour payment outage

Commbank suffers ten-hour payment outage

Bank cards break down overnight.
Liz Tay Feb 29 2012 10:20AM Financial Services
Commbank taps Hadoop for custom loans

Commbank taps Hadoop for custom loans

Commissions data mining technology from NICTA.
Liz Tay Feb 29 2012 7:24AM Software
Data key to modern financial services

Data key to modern financial services

Commbank, APRA discuss industry challenges at iTnews Executive Summit.
Liz Tay Feb 24 2012 4:11PM Strategy
SKA Organisation suffers document server breach

SKA Organisation suffers document server breach

Pulls website offline to address issue.
Liz Tay Feb 24 2012 1:00PM Security

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